Currently, Tomcat has an 'guide' of a maximum of 80 characters for line length. It has been a while since we reviewed this and as we are looking at style rules...
As a starting point what do folks think of the following options: Line length: 80 - the current 100 - 120 - Strictness Informal - the current Enforce - Use checkstyle to enforce whatever limit is chosen Pros for longer lines: - code easier to read Cons - diffs may wrap in mail clients - harder to work with code in a pure text interface (particularly if that interface is limited in width to 80 chars) Comment - With increasing screen resolution I expect IDEs to manage widths upto 120 or possibly even more - Few (any?) folks will ever need to work in a pure text UI where the line length is limited - My only concern is readability of diffs I have no strong preference on line length but if we do opt for a longer length I'd like to see checkstyle enforce the limit. Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org
